Midyear Meeting

The American Society of International Law calls for submission of scholarly paper proposals for the 2024 ASIL Research Forum. Introduced in 2011 as part of ASIL’s Midyear Meeting, the Research Forum provides a setting for presentation and focused discussion of scholarly papers related to international law. Everyone is invited and encouraged to attend the Forum, whether or not presenting a paper. Graduate students and early career scholars and professionals are especially encouraged to submit proposals for the Forum and the David D. Caron Prize (details below).

The 2024 Research Forum will take place at the University of Chicago Law School. Given the intent to create active engagement around the presented papers, accepted authors must present their scholarship in person. Please keep this in mind for visa purposes.

Papers may be on any topic related to international or transnational law and must be unpublished (for purposes of the call, publication to an electronic database such as SSRN is not considered publication). Interdisciplinary projects, empirical studies, and jointly-authored papers are welcome and encouraged. To be selected for the Research Forum, interested presenters should submit an abstract of no more than 500 words summarizing the scholarly paper by 5:00 PM EDT on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Abstracts should be submitted using the form below. They will be anonymized and considered via a blind review process. Abstracts that do not follow these guidelines will not be considered. Notifications of acceptance will go out in late June.

Abstracts of papers accepted for presentation will be assembled into thematic panels. The organizers welcome volunteers to serve as discussants who will comment on the papers. All authors of accepted papers will be required to submit their completed paper by no later than Monday, October 14. Accepted authors must commit to being available in person on both Friday, November 15 and Saturday, November 16, 2024. Papers will be posted in advance on the Midyear Meeting website, accessible only by registered participants.

David D. Caron Prize
The David D. Caron Prize is awarded for the best paper presented at the Research Forum by (a) a student currently enrolled in a graduate program; or (b) a person who received a graduate degree not more than five years prior to the date of the Research Forum at which the paper is presented. Co-authored papers are eligible for consideration provided all the co-authors meet the requirements stated above.

Individuals whose papers are accepted for the Research Forum and who wish to be considered for the prize must submit their papers by Monday, September 30. Please note that to be eligible for the Prize, authors must present their papers in person at the Research Forum, where the Prize will be announced. Authors who anticipate that they may need financial assistance to attend the Forum are welcome to apply for a David D. Caron Fellowship, described below. The Prize will be announced at the Research Forum, and the recipient will receive a travel stipend to attend the formal presentation at the Society’s 2025 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.

David D. Caron Fellowships<
Student or early career authors of accepted abstracts may apply for a limited number of David D. Caron Fellowships, designed to provide financial assistance to individuals who would not otherwise be able to attend and present their work. Preference will be given to applicants whose participation would enhance the diversity of perspectives and experience at the Research Forum. More information about these fellowships will be circulated to individuals whose papers are accepted.

The American Society of International Law is pleased to announce that it is accepting proposals from academic institutions interested in hosting its 2025 Midyear Meeting. The Midyear Meeting is held annually in early November and encompasses several events, including leadership meetings of the Society's Executive Council and the Board of Editors of the American Journal of International Law; the Research Forum, which features cutting-edge international law scholarship by 70–100 authors; and the Practitioners' Forum, focused on providing substantive international law programming to the local legal community. The Midyear Meeting has been held annually since 2010 in Miami, Los Angeles, Athens & Atlanta, New York, Chicago, Washington, DC, Seattle, St. Louis, Brooklyn, virtually, Miami, Pittsburgh, and Chicago (upcoming).

To apply, and for details on the benefits and obligations of hosting the Midyear Meeting, interested institutions should first review the Request for Proposals/Host Institution Cooperation document before submitting the requested information (single PDF) to submissions@asil.org by 5 p.m. ET on Monday, September 16, 2024.